Food
Obento Sushi Kit
Sushi – An Introduction Sushi, is a general term for all dishes using ‘sushi meshi’ (vinegared rice) in combination with other ingredients. The most…
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Culture
Kusano - City Japanese Language School
Private Japanese Language Tuition. Are you travelling to Japan? Do you need Japanese for business? Are you studying Japanese? Kusano Japanese Tuition can…
Travel
HIS TRAVEL is the fastest growing travel company in Japan.
Today HIS remains dedicated to satisfy its customers in principal markets around the world. HIS employees are all enthusiastic travellers themselves, and…
Fashion
Japanese Kimono Competition
HOW TO WIN A YUKATA COMPETITION To win a Yukata Competition you need to fulfil the basic criteria of the judges. The Japan Club of Victoria's Yukata…
Travel
Japanese Travel Experiences
Having studied Japanese for six years at high school, then furthering my studies in a degree at university (coupled with a business degree) I longed to…
Culture
Japanese Wedding
During the course of the reception the bride is led out to change her dress. The second wedding dress is colorful “ Uchikake ” gown and is just as…
Fashion
Is the Kimono fashion or history?
If you consider the white wedding dress a fashion item, and our fashion industry certainly does. Then you would have to consider the kimono a fashion item…
Culture
Fuji Japanese Culture Centre Melbourne - Language And Cultural Courses
Specialists in Japanese language and cultural courses. Courses available: Japanese (Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced) Japanese language proficiency test…
Fashion
Shichi-Go-San
Traditional clothing of the Edo period, (1600-1868), included the kimono and obi as we know them today. The obi did not, however, become a prominent part…
Fashion
Japanese Obi Types
In general, the obi used depends on the type of kimono worn in any given occasion. Most formal are the metallic or colour brocade and tapestry, followed…
Fashion
Japanese Obi Weaves, Dyes And Stiches
The vast majority of obi produced in Japan today comes from a district in Kyoto known as Nishijin. Nishijin has been the centre of the Japanese textile…
Fashion
Shichi-Go-San
The Japanese kimono obi is a traditional decorative cloth worn around the middle of a kimono. Introduction to Obi More people the world over are…